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Alex Woodie
Alex Woodie has written about IT as a technology journalist for more than a decade. He brings extensive experience from the IBM midrange marketplace, including topics such as servers, ERP applications, programming, databases, security, high availability, storage, business intelligence, cloud, and mobile enablement. He resides in the San Diego area.
Bad Vibes: Access to AI Training Data Sparks Legal Questions
June 20th, 2025
As “vibe coding” goes mainstream, AI companies are rushing to build the biggest and most authoritative tech knowledge bases to train the next generation of AI copilots. But how will AI companies obtain these curated troves of valuable tech ...
Zero-Click Microsoft Copilot Vuln Underscores Emerging AI Security Risks
June 18th, 2025
A critical security vulnerability in Microsoft Copilot that could have allowed attackers to easily access private data serves as a potent demonstration of the real security risks of generative AI. The good news is that while CEOs are gung-ho ...
AI Agents To Drive Scientific Discovery Within a Year, Altman Predicts
June 4th, 2025
At the current pace of AI development, AI agents will be able to drive scientific discovery and solve tough technical and engineering problems within a year, OpenAI CEO and Founder Sam Altman said at the Snowflake Summit 25 conference ...
It’s Official: Informatica Agrees to Be Bought by Salesforce for $8 Billion
May 28th, 2025
It’s been 13 months since Salesforce and Informatica called off their first attempt at an acquisition. But the second time appears to be the charm, as Informatica on Tuesday announced that Salesforce will buy it for $8 billion. Informatica was ...
Three Ways AI Can Weaken Your Cybersecurity
May 1st, 2025
Even before generative AI arrived on the scene, companies struggled to adequately secure their data, applications, and networks. In the never-ending cat-and-mouse game between the good guys and the bad guys, the bad guys win their share of battles. ...
Google Cloud Fleshes Out its Databases at Next 2025, with an Eye to AI
April 16th, 2025
Google Cloud unveiled a major round of database enhancements at its Next 2025 conference, including a host of new AI features in AlloyDB, a MongoDB-compliant API for Firestore, continuous materialized views in BigTable, MCP connections galore, new database migration ...
Google Cloud Preps for Agentic AI Era with ‘Ironwood’ TPU, New Models and Software
April 9th, 2025
Google Cloud is gearing up for the agentic AI era in a big way, and its showing off its new wares this week at its NEXT conference. The company unveiled a slew of new AI models and new software ...
What Benchmarks Say About Agentic AI’s Coding Potential
March 28th, 2025
Last week’s GTC 2025 show may have been agentic AI’s breakout moment, but the core technology behind it has been quietly improving behind the scenes. That progress is being tracked across a series of coding benchmarks, such as SWE-bench ...
Defending Against AI-Powered Deepfakes
March 26th, 2025
Thanks to AI’s nonstop improvement, it’s becoming difficult for humans to spot deepfakes in a reliable manner. This poses a serious problem for any form of authentication that relies on images of the trusted individual. However, some approaches to ...
Nvidia Touts Next Generation GPU Superchip and New Photonic Switches
March 18th, 2025
Nvidia used its GTC conference today to introduce new GPU superchips, including the second generation of its current Grace Blackwell chip, as well as the next generation, dubbed the Vera Rubin. Jensen Huang, the company’s founder and CEO, also ...
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